Daniel W. Nebert

Daniel Walter Nebert is an American physician-scientist. He is a professor emeritus at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. His research has revolved around the central theme of gene–environment interactions.

Education Nebert completed a BA degree at Wesleyan University in 1960. He went on to the five-year program at the University of Oregon Medical School; he completed a MS in biophysics and an MD in 1964. He also had an adjunct professor title in the Human Genetics Division, Department of Pediatrics and Molecular & Developmental Biology at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center beginning in 1991. He remained at the University of Cincinnati until retiring as a professor emeritus in 2013.

Awards and honors

Nebert was elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1994, as a member of the medical sciences section.

Selected publications

Nebert DW, Gonzalez FJ. P450 genes: structure, evolution, and regulation. Annu Rev Biochem. 1987;56:945-93. PMID: 3304150 Zhang G, Nebert DW. Personalized medicine: Genetic risk prediction of drug response. Pharmacol Ther. 2017 Jul;175:75-90. PMID: 28213088 Nebert DW. Aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR): "pioneer member" of the basic-helix/loop/helix per-Arnt-sim (bHLH/PAS) family of "sensors" of foreign and endogenous signals. Prog Lipid Res. 2017 Jul;67:38-57. PMID: 28606467 Nebert DW, Liu Z. SLC39A8 gene encoding a metal ion transporter: discovery and bench to bedside. Hum Genomics. 2019 Sep 14;13(Suppl 1):51. PMID: 31521203